I went down the rabbit hole when preparing to write this First Listen on “The Things Lovers Do” by Sue Ann Carwell. That ...
Happy birthday to Walter Williams, the ultra smooth tenor voice of the O’Jays, born August 25, 1942. By any measurement, the O’Jays (see our full biography of the O’Jays) must be considered one of the ...
The guitar-powered singer-songwriter duo of Breezy Rodio and Will Jacobs are the trusty pilots behind Electric Soul Company, ...
Happy birthday to the late Amy Winehouse, born September 14, 1983. Talented but troubled, Amy Winehouse established a new appreciation for classic soul sounds in her native UK in the first decade of ...
Happy Birthday to Airrion Love, co-founder of the Stylistics, born October 8, 1949. Love has been with the Stylistics since the beginning, his rich baritone gracing such songs as “You Make Me Feel ...
She is truly a one-of-a-kind artist, a performer who has embodied fearless reinvention. Born May 19, 1952, in Jamaica and raised in Syracuse, New York, Grace Jones has spent a lifetime marching to her ...
The Four Tops' original version of 'Believed In You And Me' before Whitney Houston's iconic rendition. A must-hear classic!
(March 12) Today we take a moment to celebrate the life of the late, great jazz singer Al Jarreau. It is impossible to speak of the emergence of contemporary jazz in the 1980s without pausing a long ...
When two of the great songwriters of our time get together, the result is usually memorable. And when they combine to write ...
(October 29, 2026) We are sad to report to SoulTrackers the passing of Melvin Sephus, a founding member of the 90s R&B hitmaking group The Rude Boys. The Rude Boys were best known for the 90s hit ...
Fifty years is a long time, especially in the music world. But that is how long a terrific recording from Philly soul legend Wardell Piper has sat on the shelves. Fortunately, the obscurity of ...
The late James Brown remains one of the most influential figures in popular music, and now his hometown of Augusta, Georgia, ...